Occidental College

After Moving to L.A. From a Small Town, I Craved a Familiar Place

When I left Watsonville (pop. 52,000) in the fall of 2012 to attend Occidental College in Los Angeles, I expected to cry at the absence of family and friends. But I didn’t anticipate how much I would miss small restaurants that I had taken for granted back home, like the tiny Japanese spot on East Lake or the cowboy-themed diner near our local Target.

I was in desperate need of an L.A. food spot that felt like home, so I made lists of places to check out on weekends, placing …

Looking to a Future Where We Drink More Wastewater and Ocean Water—Treated, Of Course

by Sarah Rothbard |June 18, 2014

The cliché about Californians is that when asked where their water comes from, they say “the tap” or “plastic bottles,” said Sierra Magazine editor-in-chief and Occidental College adjunct professor Bob …

A Water Guy Who Loves His Showers

June 1, 2014

Politial economist Sanjeev Khagram has been an Occidental College department of diplomacy and world affairs faculty member since 2012. He leads Occidental’s John Parke Young Initiative on the Global Economy …